cancel2 2022
Canceled
I thought that Seattle was one of the more enlightened cities in the US, this guy is clearly mentally ill yet is treated like scum.
Friends, you really can't make this stuff up. #ManInTree who has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and desperately needs psychiatric care is brought in shackles before a judge because he's been charged with first-degree malicious mischief and third-degree assault. What was the outcome? The judge ordered him to stay away from the tree..but he first needs to make his $50,000 bail. Just look at this picture and tell me our mental health system isn't a mess. It's unbelievable! Recall that for 24 hours last week, Cody Lee Miller remained atop a giant sequoia tree in downtown Seattle. Since that time, there's been a greater outpouring of concern over the tree than the plight of this young man who is so clearly in the throes of a psychotic break. He's ordered to have “no unwanted contact” with a sequoia, yet no concern over getting him into treatment.
Such a sad indictment against an abusive system that would order no contact with a tree, yet remains silent on getting the mentally ill into care. Cody's mom talks about his downward spiral and has made it her mission to be a voice for families who desperately want to help their loved ones but are blocked by federal & state laws that make it impossible to help mentally ill family members. Meanwhile, Congress is still stalling my Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, HR 2646
http://federalnewsradio.com/u-s-news/2016/03/seattles-man-in-tree-charged-in-sequoia-standoff/
Friends, you really can't make this stuff up. #ManInTree who has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and desperately needs psychiatric care is brought in shackles before a judge because he's been charged with first-degree malicious mischief and third-degree assault. What was the outcome? The judge ordered him to stay away from the tree..but he first needs to make his $50,000 bail. Just look at this picture and tell me our mental health system isn't a mess. It's unbelievable! Recall that for 24 hours last week, Cody Lee Miller remained atop a giant sequoia tree in downtown Seattle. Since that time, there's been a greater outpouring of concern over the tree than the plight of this young man who is so clearly in the throes of a psychotic break. He's ordered to have “no unwanted contact” with a sequoia, yet no concern over getting him into treatment.
Such a sad indictment against an abusive system that would order no contact with a tree, yet remains silent on getting the mentally ill into care. Cody's mom talks about his downward spiral and has made it her mission to be a voice for families who desperately want to help their loved ones but are blocked by federal & state laws that make it impossible to help mentally ill family members. Meanwhile, Congress is still stalling my Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, HR 2646
http://federalnewsradio.com/u-s-news/2016/03/seattles-man-in-tree-charged-in-sequoia-standoff/
